haskell-platform: Ticket #165: Unclear state of MinGW+MSYS in relation to Haskell Platformhttp://trac.haskell.org/haskell-platform/ticket/165
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The haskell platform 2010 as well as 2011 comes with MinGW+MSYS, as far as I can tell. However, when I had freshly installed the HP 2011.2.0.0, the first thing I did is build my project with it. I was able to do so with version 2010.2.0.0, but not any more. I get the following message:
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cabal: The package has a './configure' script. This requires a Unix
compatibility toolchain such as MinGW+MSYS or Cygwin.
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I am pretty sure I didn't have to install MinGW+MSYS myself in the previous version, and it didn't complain. Of course, I could install MinGW myself, but if that is required, what is the use of having it as a component of the platform?
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Trac 0.11.1refoldMon, 14 Mar 2011 20:48:37 GMTcomment added; resolution set; status changedhttp://trac.haskell.org/haskell-platform/ticket/165#comment:1
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changed from <em>new</em> to <em>closed</em>
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set to <em>invalid</em>
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The haskell platform 2010 as well as 2011 comes with MinGW+MSYS, as far as I can tell.
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It comes with MinGW, but not MSYS (so you need to install MSYS if you want to run shell scripts such as <tt>configure</tt>). Local MinGW installation lives in $PLATFORMDIR/mingw, but is not added to PATH by default (which is intended, so as not to conflict with system MinGW).
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